Characteristics and Outcomes of Multi-System Youth
- Child Welfare Involvement
- Histories of neglect and/or abuse
- High rate of out-of-home and group placements
- Frequent placement changes
- More likely to have longer CW stay
- Psychosocial
- Higher levels of substance use
- More likely to have mental health challenges
- Increased likelihood of familial mental health and substance use histories
- Education
- School placement instability
- Higher rates of truancy, suspension, and expulsion
- Behavioral problems
- Lower academic achievement
- Juvenile Justice
- Detained at higher rates
- Less likely to be considered for diversion
- More likely to receive out-of-home placement
- Typically younger at age of first arrest